Cowbell Rescue and Restoration (no rust!)

[@jessejamessimons483]

Thank you for posting this video. You're different techniques of restoration and preservation is very helpful ‼️🔔🎼🎶😁👍

[@jtf2dan]

keep them in your attic, or upstairs, top shelf of a closet. Less chances of them getting wet during flooding and less humidity then outside or basement.....great restoration job!

[@dennismaberry-rhythmspirit2818]

I love the Pete Englehart bell. I have one just like it in addition to four other PE multi bell sets. I almost bought another set at Pasic but they were asking more than I wanted to pay.

[@santomuchavi]

Thank you, Kalani. I have not seen an abundance of useful information on DIY bell restoration on the Internet. This video is very helpful and confidence-building. Btw, your restored instruments look great!

[@mvl8209]

Which treatment would you suggest for a flex-a-tone? The handle is fine, but the bendy metal and the metal strips of the "mallets" are pretty rusty (bought one second hand online, didn't get it rusty myself ;) )

[@nicholaskovach2072]

@@mvl8209 I actually just took this info and redid one I bought and destroyed 20 years ago when I was in 7th grade. It was missing the wooden pieces, and heavily rusted. I did a surface clean, soaked overnight in evaporust. I also did one round with the rustoleum product, because evaporust doesn’t have a built in inhibitor chemical to prevent rust from forming again. The evaporust carbonized the rust spots, so the flexing metal is rust free but cosmetically splotchy, but smooth. With some new beads to replace the mallet heads, the chemicals, and some paint. I have a practically brand new looking and playing flexatone.

[@glebkuz12]

Bad climate for them, i guess. Is this Florida?